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expatriate

adj
/ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt//ɛksˈpætɹɪ.eɪt/

Etymology

The verb is first attested in 1787, the adjective and noun in 1812; borrowed from Medieval Latin expatriātus, perfect passive participle of expatriō (“to banish”) (see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3)), from Latin ex- (“out of”) + patria (“native land”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); possibly after French expatrier and expatrié.

  1. derived from expatrier
  2. derived from ex- — “out of”
  3. borrowed from expatriātus

Definitions

  1. Living outside of one's own country.

    • an expatriate rebel force

  2. One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or…

    One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.

  3. One who has been banished from one's own country.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To banish

      To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

    2. To withdraw from one’s native country.

    3. To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a…

      To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.

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Derived

expat, expatriatism, nonexpatriate, rex-patriate, Texpatriate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA